diff --git a/etc/spack/defaults/packages.yaml b/etc/spack/defaults/packages.yaml
index 51278cfc380cc107a9b1d2a87ef6d9bd306f958b..b72c83ec4081c6dfdb0add8dbbfecf9caaa51dae 100644
--- a/etc/spack/defaults/packages.yaml
+++ b/etc/spack/defaults/packages.yaml
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ packages:
       java: [jdk, openjdk, ibm-java]
       jpeg: [libjpeg-turbo, libjpeg]
       lapack: [openblas]
+      mariadb-client: [mariadb-c-client, mariadb]
       mkl: [intel-mkl]
       mpe: [mpe2]
       mpi: [openmpi, mpich]
+      mysql-client: [mariadb-c-client]
       opencl: [pocl]
       openfoam: [openfoam-com, openfoam-org, foam-extend]
       pil: [py-pillow]
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb-c-client/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb-c-client/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e64a34303a38111d11d52e0614ba68e214fb7f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb-c-client/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2019 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class MariadbCClient(CMakePackage):
+    """MariaDB turns data into structured information in a wide array of
+    applications, ranging from banking to websites. It is an enhanced,
+    drop-in replacement for MySQL. MariaDB is used because it is fast,
+    scalable and robust, with a rich ecosystem of storage engines,
+    plugins and many other tools make it very versatile for a wide
+    variety of use cases. This package comprises only the standalone 'C
+    Connector', which enables connections to MariaDB and MySQL servers.
+    """
+
+    homepage = "http://mariadb.org/about/"
+
+    url      = "https://downloads.mariadb.com/Connectors/c/connector-c-3.0.3/mariadb-connector-c-3.0.3-src.tar.gz"
+    list_url = "https://downloads.mariadb.com/Connectors/c/"
+    list_depth = 1
+
+    version('3.0.9', sha256='7277c0caba6f50b1d07e1d682baf0b962a63e2e6af9e00e09b8dcf36a7858641')
+    version('3.0.8', sha256='2ca368fd79e87e80497a5c9fd18922d8316af8584d87cecb35bd5897cb1efd05')
+    version('3.0.7', sha256='f63883c9360675d111646fba5c97feb0d08e0def5873dd189d78bafbb75fa004')
+    version('3.0.6', sha256='2b2d18dc969dc385f7f740e4db112300e11bc626c9ba9aa05c284704095b9e48')
+    version('3.0.5', sha256='940017f13a13846153eb9d36290824c4615c8a8be4142b6bbaeb698609f02667')
+    version('3.0.4', sha256='6eff680cd429fdb32940f6ea4755a997dda1bb00f142f439071f752fd0b200cf')
+    version('3.0.3', sha256='210f0ee3414b235d3db8e98e9e5a0a98381ecf771e67ca4a688036368984eeea')
+    version('3.0.2', sha256='518d14b8d77838370767d73f9bf1674f46232e1a2a34d4195bd38f52a3033758')
+    version('2.3.7', sha256='94f9582da738809ae1d9f1813185165ec7c8caf9195bdd04e511f6bdcb883f8e')
+    version('2.3.6', sha256='6b271d25dddda15f1c2328eee64f646a2e8b116ea21b04ece24b5a70712c3e96')
+    version('2.3.5', sha256='2f3bf4c326d74284debf7099f30cf3615f7978d1ec22b8c1083676688a76746f')
+    version('2.3.4', sha256='8beb0513da8a24ed2cb47836564c8b57045c3b36f933362f74b3676567c13abc')
+    version('2.3.3', sha256='82a5710134e7654b9cad58964d6a25ed91b3dc1804ff51e8be2def0032914089')
+    version('2.3.2', sha256='4063c8655dc37608d4eade981e25b76f67f5d36e8426dc7f20d59e48ebba628a')
+    version('2.3.1', sha256='6ab7e1477ae1484939675a3b499f98148980a0bd340d15d22df00a5c6656c633')
+    version('2.3.0', sha256='37faae901ca77bd48d2c6286f2e19e8c1abe7cac6fb1b128bd556617f4335c8a')
+    version('2.2.3', sha256='cd01ce2c418382f90fd0b21c3c756b89643880efe3447507bf740569b9d08eed')
+    version('2.2.2', sha256='93f56ad9f08bbaf0da8ef03bc96f7093c426ae40dede60575d485e1b99e6406b')
+    version('2.2.1', sha256='c30ba19be03a6ac8688ef7620aed0eabdf34ca9ee886c017c56b013b5f8ee06a')
+    version('2.2.0', sha256='3825b068d38bc19d6ad1eaecdd74bcd49d6ddd9d00559fb150e4e851a55bbbd4')
+    version('2.1.0', sha256='568050b89463af7610d458669fd9eee06dcc9405689aca8a526ac8c013b59167')
+
+    provides('mariadb-client')
+    provides('mysql-client')
+
+    depends_on('cmake@2.6:', type='build')
+    depends_on('curl')
+    depends_on('pcre')
+    depends_on('openssl')
+    depends_on('zlib')
+
+    def url_for_version(self, version):
+        url = "https://downloads.mariadb.com/Connectors/c/connector-c-{0}/mariadb-connector-c-{1}-src.tar.gz"
+        return url.format(version.up_to(3), version)
+
+    def cmake_args(self):
+        args = ['-DWITH_EXTERNAL_ZLIB=ON', '-DWITH_MYSQLCOMPAT=ON']
+        return args
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py
index d7ffcd482c5dbd81788e8c0a806f1305a13ce68e..54489486a5ff5320fbf3bc89d2a40bc0e1ff95b1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class Mariadb(CMakePackage):
     variant('nonblocking', default=True, description='Allow non blocking '
             'operations in the mariadb client library.')
 
+    provides('mariadb-client')
+
     depends_on('boost')
     depends_on('cmake@2.6:', type='build')
     depends_on('jemalloc')